Architectural heritage
Historical and cultural interest
Palazzo delle Feste
The building located in Piazza Valle Stretta is an architectonic testimony to the period between Eclecticism and Art Nouveau.
In the context of the larger project to create a new suburb, the Bardonecchia Real Estate Company, based on a design by engineer Carlo Angelo Ceresa, began construction of a building in 1910, which was initially intended to house a Grand Hotel, called Hotel Bardonecchia and later Grand Hotel La Rhò; the hotel was never built and the Kursaal or Grand Amusement Hall was constructed in its place. After various events in 1935, the building finally assumed the name ‘Palazzo delle Feste’.
Today, the halls of the Palace host exhibitions, theatre performances, screenings, concerts, conferences, …
Villa Ceresa Nuova
Carlo Angelo Ceresa, with the intention of creating a new suburb, built Villa Ceresa Nuova between 1908 and 1910, locating it above Viale Capuccio in a blue-grey conifer park. The villa is still clearly visible at 22 Via Mazzini.
Villa Devalle or Villa Amalia
From 1914, the engineer Carlo Angelo Ceresa, commissioned by the textile entrepreneur Giovanni Battista Devalle, began building Villa Devalle or Villa Amalia, including it in the project to create a new suburb. At the end of World War II, the villa was requisitioned by the German forces, who established an area command post there, and was subjected to artillery fire by French partisans. The villa is still clearly visible at Viale Capuccio 15.
Medail Colony or Olympic Village
During the second half of the 1930s, the Colonia IX Maggio, then Colonia Medail, was built in Viale della Vittoria: an imposing building in the middle of the pine forest with the pavilions distributed around the central and symbolic fulcrum of the tower. A rationalist building conceived by architect Gino Levi-Montalcini and realised by Paolo Ceresa. The colony was inaugurated by Mussolini on 16 May 1939.
Following the assignment of the snowboard competitions to Bardonecchia for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, the Medail Colony was recovered to host the Olympic Village.
Villa San Sisto
The architect Paolo Ceresa designed Villa San Sisto in 1953, the design of which still makes it very modern today. The villa is still clearly visible at Via Mazzini 10.
Villa Linot
Between 1951 and 1953, architect Carlo Mollino built Villa Linot, giving his decidedly modern imprint to Alpine architecture. The villa is still clearly visible at Viale Bramafam 18.
Villa Ceresa Nuova
Carlo Angelo Ceresa, with the intention of creating a new suburb, built Villa Ceresa Nuova between 1908 and 1910, locating it above Viale Capuccio in a blue-grey conifer park. The villa is still clearly visible at 22 Via Mazzini.
Medail Colony or Olympic Village
During the second half of the 1930s, the Colonia IX Maggio, then Colonia Medail, was built in Viale della Vittoria: an imposing building in the middle of the pine forest with the pavilions distributed around the central and symbolic fulcrum of the tower. A rationalist building conceived by architect Gino Levi-Montalcini and realised by Paolo Ceresa. The colony was inaugurated by Mussolini on 16 May 1939.
Following the assignment of the snowboard competitions to Bardonecchia for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, the Medail Colony was recovered to host the Olympic Village.